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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are considered to be the mainstay of genetic research?
(a) Genes.
(b) Cells.
(c) Mutations.
(d) Chromosomes.

2. In what year did Cornell appoint its first woman assistant professor in something other than home economics?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1952.

3. Among plants in the first crop, there were patterns of variegation so unusual they "could not fail to catch the eye". What was so unusual about these kernels?
(a) They should have been all uniform shape, but there were some that were much larger than expected.
(b) They should have been colorless, but there were spots of color.
(c) They should have all been the same color, but there were four different colors present.
(d) They should have been yellow, but they were brown.

4. In Chapter 10, who did Stadler quote to support one of his arguments?
(a) The Mad Hatter.
(b) The Queen of Hearts.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) Humpty Dumpty.

5. Lewis Stadler had been at the University of Missouri in Columbia since what year?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1910.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?

2. While at the University of Missouri, Barbara was given little encouragement and even another woman was promoted to the rank of associate professor of zoology. What was the woman's name?

3. In what year was the Recent Advances in Cytology published?

4. What position was Barbara McClintock elected to in 1939?

5. When was Barbara's obvious occasion to present the full account of her work?

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